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Pet grooming and boarding businesses in Lake County, IL
How Lake County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #649 of 1,461 scored counties
#12 of 53 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 125
- 12 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 85
- +9.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $285.2M
- On pets · $1,103 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.8
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 719,339
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,103 per household (21% above the U.S. average), households in Lake County spend about $285.2M a year on pets. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each business on map listings, 10% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all pets, not only pet grooming and boarding businesses.
Lake County has 125 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.8, 33% above the U.S. rate of 3.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Lake County was 85 in 2023, up 9.0% from 2019. That is one for every 3,041 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $6.9M have gone to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Lake County.
Population estimates put the population change in Lake County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pet grooming and boarding businesses in Lake County is 53 (upper middle), #649 of 1,461 scored counties and #12 of 53 scored counties in Illinois.
How Lake County compares
The same measures for Illinois and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all pets by the pet grooming and boarding businesses counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Lake County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,041 | 4,933 | 5,057 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.0% | +12.9% | +25.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on pets | $1,103 | $925 | $909 |
| Median household income | $110,416 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 78 → 85+9.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 679
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12512 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 112The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 10
- Amount
- $6.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as pet care (except veterinary) in Lake County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 719,339+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 258,455
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 444 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,610
- Median household income
- $110,416+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $155,726
- Median home value
- $345,700
- Jobs located here
- 328,525
- Daytime population
- 712,545Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for pet grooming and boarding businesses, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Lake County marked.
Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cook County, IL | 69 | 560 | 2.7 | $3.5M | −1.3% | #248 of 1,461 |
| 2Kane County, IL | 65 | 67 | 3.6 | $2.9M | +1.8% | #346 of 1,461 |
| 3Champaign County, IL | 65 | 28 | 3.3 | $2.4M | +1.8% | #355 of 1,461 |
| 4Boone County, IL | 61 | 7 | 3.6 | $2.5M | +0.4% | #446 of 1,461 |
| 5St. Clair County, IL | 60 | 30 | 3.0 | $2.9M | −2.5% | #472 of 1,461 |
| 6Will County, IL | 60 | 115 | 4.7 | $2.3M | +2.2% | #483 of 1,461 |
| 7Peoria County, IL | 59 | 26 | 3.3 | $2.4M | −1.6% | #512 of 1,461 |
| 8Ogle County, IL | 58 | 7 | 3.4 | $2.5M | −0.7% | #526 of 1,461 |
| 9DuPage County, IL | 57 | 155 | 4.4 | $2.5M | +0.3% | #550 of 1,461 |
| 10Kankakee County, IL | 56 | 16 | 3.9 | $2.1M | −1.7% | #582 of 1,461 |
| 12Lake County, IL | 53 | 125 | 4.8 | $2.3M | +0.8% | #649 of 1,461 |
Other business types in Lake County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Pets
- Pet businesses58
- Veterinarians67
- Pet grooming and boarding53
- Pet stores46
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many pet grooming and boarding businesses are in Lake County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 125 pet grooming and boarding businesses in Lake County. 12 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count groomers, boarding, dog daycare and pet sitters. Official counts show 85 businesses with payroll classed as pet care (except veterinary) in 2023, up 9.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Lake County, IL spend on pets?
About $285.2M a year, or $1,103 per household. That is 21% above the U.S. average (an index of 121, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 125 pet grooming and boarding businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per business. That spending covers all pets, which pet grooming and boarding businesses share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 258,455 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lake County, IL compare with the U.S. for pet grooming and boarding businesses?
Lake County has 4.8 pet grooming and boarding businesses per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per business is $2.3M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of pet grooming and boarding businesses to household spending, Lake County would have about 112, against 125 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,041 households, against one for every 5,057 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +25.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Lake County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Lake County at 719,339 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 258,455 households. Median household income in Lake County is $110,416, 37% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Lake County scores 53 for pet grooming and boarding businesses (upper middle), #649 of 1,461 scored counties.
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